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. >>> we say good-bye to the safest air travel ever, and we say hello to over 400 new laws. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for tuesday, january 1st, 2013. >>> good morning, on this first day of january, i'm bill karins. now it's all up to the house today. they're expected to take up a senate measure approved just hours after midnight and it's halting an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest of americans from taking effect. nbc's steve handelsman has all the latest details from capitol hill where it's been a very long night. good morning and happy new year to you, steve. >> reporter: bill, thanks. up here on capitol hill, members of both political parties who badly want these middle class taxes rolled back fast, quote, what the senate did this morning makes it easier for house republicans to follow suit. it was a rare bipartisan senate vote. 89-8. two hours after america went off the fiscal cliff. >> happy new year. >> reporter: vice president biden came to the capitol to sell the fix. he worked out with gop leader mitch mcconnell w
. >>> we say good-bye to the safest air travel ever, and we say hello to over 400 new laws. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for tuesday, january 1st, 2013. >>> good morning, on this first day of january, i'm bill karins. now it's all up to the house today. they're expected to take up a senate measure approved just hours after midnight and it's halting an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest of americans from...
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two weeks in they can pass a law retroactively and roll back the tax things but doesn't appear someh somehow new year's eve and january 1st scares these guys into doing anything. >> the grand bargain of tax reform seems a distant thought. whether it comes before or after, how do you think they will do a deal? >> reporter: it appears the white house has made a decision they won't try for a big deal anymore. whether that's a good political idea or not, we'll see. they could try to do one more big deal, try to see if politically they get the republicans to either say yes to them or refuse them one more time in trying to gain higher political ground. at this point, they seem to be convinced the republicans aren't going to work with them so try to come up with a quote minimal deal creating that line at $250,000 in income and trying to extend those tax rates and basically postpone the fight until february. peter brought up the debt ceiling, secretary geithner said we have hit it essentially. they can move money around and delay the impact of that another couple of months so there has to be
two weeks in they can pass a law retroactively and roll back the tax things but doesn't appear someh somehow new year's eve and january 1st scares these guys into doing anything. >> the grand bargain of tax reform seems a distant thought. whether it comes before or after, how do you think they will do a deal? >> reporter: it appears the white house has made a decision they won't try for a big deal anymore. whether that's a good political idea or not, we'll see. they could try to do...
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i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. yeah, our low prices are even lower. we need to teach her how to walk. she is taking up valuable cart space. aren't you, honey? [ male announcer ] it's clearance time! up to 50% off seasonal decor. 50% off toys. apparel $3 to $9. walmart. but that doesn't happen much anymore. the creative process never stops. and songwriting is so hard, but i love it. these days, i guess i just don't want to miss a thing. [ laughs ] i miss you guys. that's me. and this is my windows phone. [ male announcer ] new windows phone. reinvented around you. ♪ >>> back now at 8:15 with one downside to the holiday season, all those returns. how to take some of the pain out of the process at the moment. first, nbc's kerry sanders is at the aventura mall in florida, trying to get a jump o
i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. yeah, our low prices are even lower. we need to teach her how to walk. she is taking up valuable cart space. aren't you, honey? [ male announcer ] it's clearance time! up to 50% off...
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my brother-in-law, god bless him, he went through the trash. >> good man. >> he shot to the top of the list. favorite child list. >> take two. this is the national conversation we were eluding to that i started on twitter last night. i was hammering down eggnog out of cartons because i bought way too much and was trying to prove to my wife that i didn't buy too much when i did, trying to drink it all. is there any food or drink that enjoys a shorter run every year than eggnog, goes all out for 24 hours then chills for 364 days. >> to the point. >> right? >> yeah. >> the responses came in hot and heavy. candy corn became the number one response. apparently only on halloween. >> it lasts longer than the nog. >> fruitcake was another one, cranberry sauce. a lot of people disagreed with over that. overnight it became clear that peeps was the winner. we can call it now peeps, the shortest run for food. >> i would agree with that. i'm not even sure you really want to eat peeps on the day itself. >> that's correct. >> but you can do all fun things, as we've seen over the years. >> all kinds o
my brother-in-law, god bless him, he went through the trash. >> good man. >> he shot to the top of the list. favorite child list. >> take two. this is the national conversation we were eluding to that i started on twitter last night. i was hammering down eggnog out of cartons because i bought way too much and was trying to prove to my wife that i didn't buy too much when i did, trying to drink it all. is there any food or drink that enjoys a shorter run every year than eggnog,...
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guest: this is already in current law. if you earn $85,000 as a single, you pay more for your share of the premiums. one idea is the idea of looking at those figures and say how could we adjust the provision to get more revenue? the health law freezes the current threshold. there was a proposal until 25% of beneficiaries are paying for their premiums. this is an area that could be the basis for some bipartisan agreement. host: medicare spending in 2006, $403 billion. host: if there is no agreement beneficiary cuts. is that correct? guest: the providers are facing a 2% cut on sequestration will complain to their patients that washington is taking too much from them. >> a picture of the u.s. capitol, where senators and congressman are traveling down pennsylvania avenue with a meeting at the white house with president obama. also expecting to hear from senator john mccain talking about a filibuster or form, a subject that will be much on the minds of senators as the new senate begins next week. we will cover the white house f
guest: this is already in current law. if you earn $85,000 as a single, you pay more for your share of the premiums. one idea is the idea of looking at those figures and say how could we adjust the provision to get more revenue? the health law freezes the current threshold. there was a proposal until 25% of beneficiaries are paying for their premiums. this is an area that could be the basis for some bipartisan agreement. host: medicare spending in 2006, $403 billion. host: if there is no...
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. >>> several other new laws take effect in maryland. parents now have the ability to freeze their children's credit to prevent identity theft. people who have served in the military can have their veterans status noted on their drivers license and in montgomery county, a ride in an ambulance can cost you as much as $800 for out of county residents. >>> we go across the river in virginia where it now costs more to take the dulles toll road. it now costs 50 cents more. that is $2.75 each way. that adds up to an additional $260 a year if you take the toll road to work each day. the rate hike will help pay for construction of metro's new silver line. next year, get ready. they're going up again. they'll go up 75 cents. now making your total to $3.50 for next year. >>> 4:35 right now. this morning people in prince william county are mourning the loss of a police officer killed in the liep of duty. 35-year-old chris young was responding to an accident yesterday when he slammed his motorcycle into a minivan in bristow. when the vehicles collid
. >>> several other new laws take effect in maryland. parents now have the ability to freeze their children's credit to prevent identity theft. people who have served in the military can have their veterans status noted on their drivers license and in montgomery county, a ride in an ambulance can cost you as much as $800 for out of county residents. >>> we go across the river in virginia where it now costs more to take the dulles toll road. it now costs 50 cents more. that is...
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. >> reporter: the powerful gun lobby and its allies insist gun laws aren't the answer. they want more guns in the hands of good guys. >> if it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. >> people resisted having weapons on airplanes. but i oversaw the federal air marshals, and it's a deterrent. >> reporter: legislation will have to waited for the new congress to get settled in, but the debate is already underway. >> trying to prevent school shootings? schools without talking about guns is like stopping lung cancer without addressing cigarettes. >> this problem runs deep and wide. >> reporter: outside of atlanta, gun owners are voting with their wallets, buying up weapons while they still can. >> i don't think it's ever a wrong time to protect yourself and -- and exercise your second amendment rights. >> reporter: but some 30 miles away from the connecticut shooting scene, gun owners were surrendering their arms for cash. it's one of a number of gun buyback programs around the country. this event nett
. >> reporter: the powerful gun lobby and its allies insist gun laws aren't the answer. they want more guns in the hands of good guys. >> if it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. >> people resisted having weapons on airplanes. but i oversaw the federal air marshals, and it's a deterrent. >> reporter: legislation will have to waited for the new congress to get settled in, but the debate is...
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we now have put forward this federal law. enge that is enormously important and again i congratulate this -- passage of this legislation an i'm particularly sensitive to the utilization of the swat team. i'll take a moment just to deviate, to be able to thank my chairman of the committee and the ranking member and the ranking member on the prime subcommittee for their commitment and interest in children. today we were going to fufert proceed with our commitment to children. that is in the juvenile accountability block grant. but my fight will continue in the next term and i want to thank you, mr. smith, for understanding that the practical it's a pects of what we were doing was to save children. and to prevent a youngster like this from not having a juvenile system that they could in fact have access to. it plays into some of what mr. gowdy is speaking about but it plays at an earlier stage. that is to ensure that there are court systems, there are mental health systems, there are a number of other systems that our juveniles
we now have put forward this federal law. enge that is enormously important and again i congratulate this -- passage of this legislation an i'm particularly sensitive to the utilization of the swat team. i'll take a moment just to deviate, to be able to thank my chairman of the committee and the ranking member and the ranking member on the prime subcommittee for their commitment and interest in children. today we were going to fufert proceed with our commitment to children. that is in the...
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that's according to a tweet from his son-in-law. the tweet said compatriots don't believe ill-mentioned rumors. he hasn't been heard from in more than three weeks. his vice president admitted chavez suffered a third set of complications after surgery in cuba. his fourth operation in 18 months. >>> police say a new york city couple is being investigated for credit card theft. had bomb making manuals, a sa d sawed-off shotgun. when police arrived at their greenwich village apartment, they found a cache of bomb making materials and handwritten notebooks containing chemical formulas. one of the manuals had a cover page that read the terrorist's encyclopedia. >>> protesters in india spent their new year's day on the rape and death of a woman. they're demanding the death penalty for five men and one teen detained in her death. two weeks ago, the woman was severely beaten, raped and then thrown off a moving bus. >>> she later died from her injuries. the men will likely face murder charges later this week. >>> police in oregon say it may be
that's according to a tweet from his son-in-law. the tweet said compatriots don't believe ill-mentioned rumors. he hasn't been heard from in more than three weeks. his vice president admitted chavez suffered a third set of complications after surgery in cuba. his fourth operation in 18 months. >>> police say a new york city couple is being investigated for credit card theft. had bomb making manuals, a sa d sawed-off shotgun. when police arrived at their greenwich village apartment,...
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there are practical laws on the crowd. >> indeed, that's what we do. we -- >> i don't know if anybody wants to raise a hand. but you might want to tell them about it. >> well, we build a temporary city in the desert. it has all the -- all the -- is everything any city normal city would provide. it lasts for eight days. it's known -- our event is known -- i've seen that we're radical. it is kind of radical but radical in both senses of that term. radical conventionally means, you know, pushing boundaries going beyond normal categories. but it -- it -- the thing about how it's used it also means deeply rooted in the human soul. it's a very conservative meeting. sorry. things that go deep and don't change that are fixed. and we create a kind of city that goes to -- goes to those extremes at the same time. if you go two extremes at the same time it broadness your feel. you can comprehend a greater subject. so we have a -- this wailing provization taking place, ungoverned interactions, all of us unplanned. just as nature is unplanned. but at the same time a
there are practical laws on the crowd. >> indeed, that's what we do. we -- >> i don't know if anybody wants to raise a hand. but you might want to tell them about it. >> well, we build a temporary city in the desert. it has all the -- all the -- is everything any city normal city would provide. it lasts for eight days. it's known -- our event is known -- i've seen that we're radical. it is kind of radical but radical in both senses of that term. radical conventionally means,...
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back to washington and have it pass both chambers, and i will immediately sign that legislation into law before january 1st of next year. >> reporter: but americans say the uncertainty in washington is casting a cloud over their holidays. >> they are responsible for the well-being of all americans, and right now they're more woern wored about politics. >> i would tell them to get off their butts, because most of us aren't making six-figure incomes and we need every single dime that we have. >> reporter: now, if we go over the fiscal cliff, taxes will increase for most americans. lawmakers will return to washington later this week to resume negotiations. president obama is also expected to cut his vacation short. willie, back to you. >> kristen welker in honolulu this morning. thanks. >>> john harwood is the chief washington correspondent and writing for "the new york times." good morning. >> merry christmas, willie. >> merry christmas to you. eight days until the fiscal cliff arrives and by the time congress gets back it's four or five days. is there any he hope remaining at this point f
back to washington and have it pass both chambers, and i will immediately sign that legislation into law before january 1st of next year. >> reporter: but americans say the uncertainty in washington is casting a cloud over their holidays. >> they are responsible for the well-being of all americans, and right now they're more woern wored about politics. >> i would tell them to get off their butts, because most of us aren't making six-figure incomes and we need every single dime...
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they passed a few laws, licensing laws, it did not help. what turned britain a round was john wesley. methodism. converting the women of england -- [laughter] that is the way it worked. it is an odd thing for me to be saying. >> you talked about the virtuous -- virtues freedom requires. i worked in the field of education. in the kedging, -- if our major problem children come to school without virtues, it is the public school system the place to nurture that? i believe our society and culture does not nurture those virtues. how do we address that? >> this is a good question. the family is the smallest school. by the time all lots of negligently parentage, often at no-fault to the single mother, these children get to school, and it is too late. the chicago schoolteacher it says should its first graders who do not know numbers, shapes, or colors. they're raised in a culture of silence except for the television. it is america's biggest problem. and on that cheerful note, thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioni
they passed a few laws, licensing laws, it did not help. what turned britain a round was john wesley. methodism. converting the women of england -- [laughter] that is the way it worked. it is an odd thing for me to be saying. >> you talked about the virtuous -- virtues freedom requires. i worked in the field of education. in the kedging, -- if our major problem children come to school without virtues, it is the public school system the place to nurture that? i believe our society and...
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moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, jethroe, the priest. he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to the mountain of god. the angel of the lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush. he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. then moses said, "i must turn aside and look at this great site and see why the bush is not burned up." when the lord saw that he had turned aside tuesday, got called to him out of the bush -- aside to see, god called out of the bush, "moses," and he said, "here ia am," and he said, "come no cloer. -- closer. remove the sandals from your feet, because the ground you are on is holy ground." he said further, "i am the god of your father, the god of abraham, the god of isaac, and the god of jacob," and moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at god. then the lord said, "i have observed the misery of my people who are in egypt. i have heard their cries on the count of their taskmasters. indeed, i know their sufferings, and i have come to deliver them from the egyptians and to brin
moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, jethroe, the priest. he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to the mountain of god. the angel of the lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush. he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. then moses said, "i must turn aside and look at this great site and see why the bush is not burned up." when the lord saw that he had turned aside tuesday, got called to him out of the bush -- aside to see, god...